Standing By The Sea (track)
by Hüsker Dü
Standing By The Sea appears on the following album(s) by Hüsker Dü:
- Zen Arcade (track #14) (this album) (1984)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/14/2026 18:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,161 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2025 22:58 |  DJFresh-Rock | 1,459 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2025 21:02 | habibi333 | 2,579 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2025 15:36 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2025 03:33 |  AAL2014 | 35,398 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.1/100, a mean average of 82.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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buzzdainer 10/05/2016 20:45 | #176405
I like the way this song opens with sounds of water that bleed over into Grant Hart's pulsating drumming before Bob Mould begins screaming, "There was no one all around..." An urgent, menacing song about the overwhelming sensory experience of being close to the ocean.
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